AMT Datasouth Codewriter 4500 Series, Operator'S Manual

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Data Communications
18
Configuring the Personal Computer
This portion of the procedure will set up the Personal Computer based on the
CodeWriter 4500 Series factory default settings.
(If changes have been made
in the printer’s default I/O Configuration parameters, please make the
corresponding changes in the following procedure)
Windows 95/98/NT4.0 Configuration
1. Bring up the Control Panel window using the Start Menu ( Start
Settings Control Panel
).
2. Open the
System
icon in the
Control Panel
.
3. Click on the Device Manager Tab, open the Ports (COM & LPT) sub-
tree and select the COM port connected to the printer.
4. Click on Properties . This will open the Properties window for the
selected COM port.
5. Click on the Port Settings Tab. Make any changes required according to
Table 2.
Port Settings Value
Bits per second 9600
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Flow control Hardware
Table 2 - Windows 95/98/NT4.0 Port Settings
6. Click
OK
in the
Port Properties
Window. Click
OK
in the
System
Properties Window.
MS-DOS Configuration
1. Enter the following command at the prompt:
MODE COMx:9600,n,8,1
(where x = the COM port number)